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[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jretropie:
Someone managed to upgrade his Nexus 5 from 16gb to 64gb — and not only that, upgraded the eMMC type from 4.5 to 5.0 so it writes and reads much faster.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] chrisakak9:
I have a T-Mobile MDA Vario (XDA Mini S) I am using with an O2 pay and go sim card. I can get my gprs working fine and my wireless working fine but not at the same time. everytime I want to use one or the other I have to take out the proxy server settings. Does anybody have a solution for this without having to keep doing this.

Chris
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] Ixtana_ran:
Try this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=1433015#post1433015
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vende123:
Hello everybody :) !

I have problem with my battery in S2 on CM 12.1 ... Battery is very weak, battery becomes flat very fast :( When I use apps like Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat battery 100% down in 15 minutes to 82%, when i use apps which need more power battery can down to 60% very fast.

I really don't know what I can do. I try used battery calibration applications and other such as but it gives no results. I try tried stop apps in backgrounds, turn off animations. Brightness is very low too.

Please help :( I need working S2 to my work where is a lot call but battery does not work with me.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BenjyTec:
Did you also try to modify the Privacy settings? There you can allow which apps are allowed to auto-launch, avoid that the phone goes in deep sleep etc. Also see the "advanced" option there. Check that Location etc. is disabled.

Sometimes there appear problems that can be solved with a new, clean flash. If nothing helps, think about buying a new battery.

BTW, I have the feeling that the percentage of battery isn't very accurate. Sometimes the battery seems to drain very fast, and later it stays the same for half an hour. Perhaps just ignore it.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kevin3014:
Try Greenify, it will help save battery when your device is locked.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vende123:
I tried this. Battery in my S2 is not broken for sure ! I do not remember behavior battery when i haved stock ROM :/ :laugh:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vende123:
I using this program. Yee its good app but little correct my battery :/ Hmm... I think I can install other kernel or back to older version CM but CM 11 and older is not good for me :(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kanyb:
Had similiar problems with CM12.1. But I assumed that I've caused it myself with my app usage and hadn't the time and didn't want to search for the culprit. Now I am on CM13 and hoped that the clean flash would solve my problem. Didn't do it so I invested some time reading many things about Better Battery Stats and its usage.

You should also try to record your App behaviour when the screen is off then we could see if our problems are the same

Did a clean record with airplane mode (with BBS) last night and got nice results

I would say that this result shows me that it is not my battery. The nights before I did some tests with settings I normally use: wifi always on/wifi off if not in use.

Results were not nearly as good as before

With my current knowledge I would say that some apps often trigger the google push service (GCM_CONN_ALARM & com.android.google.gms - if I am not mistaken) and this service will wake the phone and the google service will download some data for the apps. But even if this is correct I cannot find a way to analyse which apps are the culprits. I tried with catlog but did not find anything I would understand and bind to my problem
[Galaxy S3 Neo Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ArnaldoSixxART7:
send me message that will pass the link
[Galaxy S3 Neo Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] delimatkap:
link ?
[Galaxy S3 Neo Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edoardotavecchio:
You could open a thread in Android Development about it, it's a great rom it will be useful
[Galaxy S3 Neo Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Mod Edit

As has been suggested , you should open a thread in the Development section when you reach the required amount of posts.

You should then have a direct link for the download that can be displayed on the thread

Thread closed

malybru

Forum Moderator
[YotaPhone] TopTomy:
Hey guys,

I have the YotaPhone 2 and it's stuck on lollipop 5.0 for ages.

It feels like they ditched this phone completely.

What do you think guys?

Someone has some different info?
[YotaPhone] fies76:
I hope not, some marshmallow would be nice and i am about do start an cyanogenmod port (if if find the time...)
[YotaPhone] vin2s:
good news! ;)
[YotaPhone] zute333:
I've spoken to them a couple of times, both their Facebook page and their customer service indicated their won't be a move up to Marshmallow, very doubtful over a move to 5.1 even. Any more updates will be focussed with optimising the existing software, adding slight features for the EPD etc.

Sad but they are a small company, seems they can only focus on 1 model and a time.
[YotaPhone] TopTomy:
Thanks for sharing!
[YotaPhone] zute333:
New Update :).

Still Lollipop 5.0, but brings some useful improvements and enhancements. I'll take it.
[YotaPhone] Ainuwolf:
I hope, with the release of the Yota 3 and 2c, that the price of the YD201 falls down. They can't update neither Yota 1 and 2. I still got the first one, but just because I live in Brazil and got from a nice guy that agreed to sell and send his Yotaphone 1 to me from India.

Anyone inclined to sell your Yota2 please talk to me. ;)
[YotaPhone] TopTomy:
Woot??

You got a new firmware OTA?

mine shows nothing!
[YotaPhone] zute333:
It's for the RU (russian) firmware, if you check the other threads there are methods to flash the previous version. I have been using it for a few iterations now, the new one worked as an OTA, even with TWRP (they added something to reflash the stock recovery, Yota noticing the significant root community using this phone in Russia at least).
[YotaPhone] TopTomy:
Thanks for the info!
[YotaPhone] nexkat:
I only believe it when it is real, but according to info from tech support, also the EU firmware will get an update this month...

BTW, lollipop isn't too bad, I switched back from marshmallow on my nexus 7 - too much battery drain. if Google could get it right the first time, you wouldn't need monthly bug fixes. not saying that an update for the yota isn't overdue...
[YotaPhone] TKPL:
Is just me that can't update? I have no OTA and flashing manually gives me "no MD5 file found" error :(
[YotaPhone] zute333:
More info please :).

firmware version? software version?

can you skip the md5 checksum?

you're rooted, so can you download the russian (RU) firmware and flash that?
[YotaPhone] TKPL:
Yes, thanks :)

Sorry what you mean with firmware and software version? Phone was running Kitkat 4.4.2 or 3 (now is bricked).

I cannot skip the checksum, no such option in my TWRP (2.8.5). There are others option about checksum on backup but no skipping during install.

I am rooted (and bootloader is unlocked) but I cannot install the RU version. Here I don't understand why you ask me if I am rooted: I can install from recovery or TWRP without root :confused:

I downloaded all RU versions and the last EU version from the ftp and I got the MD5 error with all, both Lollipop and KitKat.

Then I tried with Yota Flasher utility: I saw that for flash ROM it was seeking for "firmware" path, so I created "firmware" path and put there the ROM.

I started to flash and it took only some seconds... I understood immediately phone has gone bricked.. and so it is...

Then I tried to download the firmware through Yota Flasher: it arrived to 100% and got stuck in there...

I'm trying to redownload it and hope to flash the system, phone is here in downloading mode waiting... :rolleyes:
[YotaPhone] xingshi356:
Provide you my flash method, manually. Use the fastboot.exe in cmd, and type command line below

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fastboot.exe flash aboot firmeare/emmc_appsboot.mbn

fastboot.exe flash boot firmware/boot.img

fastboot.exe flash -S 512M system firmware/system.img

fastboot.exe flash recovery firmware/recovery.img

fastboot.exe flash cache firmware/cache.img

fastboot.exe flash modem firmware/radio/NON-HLOS.bin （flash the radio）

fastboot.exe flash sbl1 firmeare/radio/sbl1.mbn

fastboot.exe flash rpm firmware/radio/rpm.mbn

fastboot.exe flash aboot firmware/emmc_appsboot.mbn （flash again, just do it.）

fastboot.exe flash userdata firmware/userdata.img （notice this is for the user data, including app data and SD）

fastboot.exe reboot (reboot and wait, about 20 min stuck on logo, it's ok.)
[YotaPhone] TKPL:
Thank you xingshi.

I'll try.

How long does the entire process take?
[YotaPhone] TKPL:
UPDATE

Via Yota Flasher I download succesfully the 4.4.3 and flashed the phone. Now it's back :)

I tried to download again the 5.0 EU but no way: arrives at 100% and stops. If I check file's dimension I see it is a couple of kbytes below the size of the other package I downloaded from web browser and in fact it's impossibile to open the zip.

I'll try to download other version of Lollipop through the Yota Flasher. :confused:
[YotaPhone] TKPL:
NEW UPDATE :D

I have 5.0!

After flashing and old version of 4.4.3 (my phone went with a 4.4.something branded Vodafone Italy, and they evidently don't give a fork about updates). With the 4.4.3 rev 1.0.51a I immediately received he update to 1.0.56a: I downloaded the 114MB, rebooted, and then got the update to 1.0.61a, around 63MB. I rebooted and then got finally the update to 5.0, 1GB

I have only one problem now: the device doesn't recognize when I'm looking at the ink screen, and power button powers on the amoled... Even unlocking through swiping from bottom to top doesn't work. Option is correctly set, I tried to uncheck, reboot, wipe cache and check the option again but it not working well yet. I open a thread for this...
[YotaPhone] lexman941:
Same here , have just bought the YOTA 2 too, Vod branded. I wanted to upgrade to to EU 1.60 (rom which seems to be pretty stable): Can I ask you if you have the 1.60 actually or the 1.9x (Russian one)?.

The bug you describe seems to be a real pain, do not want to risk.

Will appreciate any help.

Thx mate
[YotaPhone] TKPL:
I have the 1.60 EU.

You can make a NAND backup and then flash the newest firmware, trying maybe the 1.99 RU. Even if you flash the 1.60 EU, is not sure that you'll have my same problem, there's people who flashed without issues... :confused:
[YotaPhone] lexman941:
thx for replying. I admit I was lazy and went on without any backup (risked hart attack while flashing LOL).

So basically I downloaded yotaflasher, asked it to download and flash for me 4.4.3 EU and after the reboot I disconnected the phone and It started to make several updates. It is downloading now by itself 1.60 EU. Then I will stop if everything is smooth.

The only pain was to find the official adb usb drivers cause I couldn't find on the official support site. After 30 minutes spent on the net I was able to download the car archive and ask windows to upgrade drivers and correctly recognize the phone in download mode.

Will report any bug in the next days If I find.

Thx a lot for help mate!

Btw , today I met my cousins for Easter party with family and everyone was staring at the double screen of the Yota. It was funny to see people looking suspicious and complaining for the delay of the ink screen (bad bla bla... ok I was thinking "play a bit and we will see your next comment". After 15 minutes playing with it they started to ask me where I bought it and if I was planning to resell it cause the felt in love with it :D

I think, for the price I paid, the phone is really amazing. So thx to Uni and Vod for the real nice deal on this phone :good:
[YotaPhone] polocanada:
You can get cheaper Dualscreen from Chinese manufacturers now. If you get cheaper YP, you won't get same hardware quality. If you don't know YotaDevices company is pretty much making losses with these phones even though they sold less then 100,000 units so far that's not enough to cover development cost not even continuing development to cut manufacturing costs. You can home with Chinese partners they basically will make a lower cost version for sure, but I don't see it be any different from what you get from SISWOO today check their R9 Darkroom.
[YotaPhone] Ainuwolf:
Yeah, they had an awesome idea with this phone, but it's unsustainable. Not many people buy them >:

I won't buy lower cost versions, haha, I want a used one, only that will make me happy.

Thanks for the tip about R9 Darkmoon, but I still want to buy an Yota. Just a yotafanboy here.:laugh:
[YotaPhone] polocanada:
SISWOO has no software for their EPD, that's another reason to stick with Yota at least for now..

For Yota - unsustainable or not - depends on who you ask.

Yota is ahead of it's time. There is lack of applications optimized for EPD, other than the few designed by Yota. It takes time, money and without the incredible marketing power of (now mature and risk-aware) Apple and without access to supply chain (see recent changes) this phone was a huge risk for Yota. They have bright engineers but lack marketing experience. Market and strategy wasn't in place, just wishful thinking and when they came to crowdsourcing it was all a bit too little and too late. Education and market awareness plays role so for example GenY doesn't want to read books, they want answers by trying things. Typical ebook readers are all over 45+ years old. Ask them if they know YotaPhone and they will be like "Yota what phone?". They stick to known and tried technology. Culture plays significant role too, YotaPhone being a Russian Phone. Cool factor doesn't necessary transfers into purchases without proper strategy. Strategy was for a lack of a better word a foreign term for Yota but hopefully good experience and we hope to see new devices coming this year with price tag under $450 USD otherwise it's not marketable. Unless Putin donates Yota money, market forces are best at sorting things out and I hope they got the message this time around.
[YotaPhone] Argon0:
Thanks, xingshi356 - now to work out what the next step is. Is there a better FW than the stock EU one? Is it worth installing TWRP?
[YotaPhone] diaboliku123:
Hello,

I'm looking forward to buy a yotaphone 2 from GearBest. The phone is just 133$. Any tips?
[YotaPhone] TKPL:
133$ is a great price, buy it :)
[YotaPhone] dajmaa:
Please give me the link for correct drivers
[YotaPhone] lexman941:
unfortunately I didn't bookmark the website, just found them and installed on my pc. I remember that finding them was really difficult for me and I spent at least one hour. Anyway if I were you, I would start from Yota ftp site and if you do not find them, try googling but be careful to download only tested ones from reliable websites.

Cheers

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133 dollars??? Buy it , there is nothing here in Eu with that features for that price!
[YotaPhone] waj1234:
Can anyone comment on actual battery life on android 5.1?

Now these are so cheap I am tempted since its got a nice screen and wireless charging too but read the battery is very poor on 5.1.

Also can anyone confirm if nfc payments work on these?
[YotaPhone] keeeper:
Unfortunately it's true - that is the main issue of yotaphone - not only the battery is disappiring way too fast (over night can drop by 30% without any usage) but the phone also gets unpleasantly hot while charging and using at the same time.

Still for the current price is a sweet deal, even if it didn't have 2nd screen. But it has :laugh:
[YotaPhone] waj1234:
Thanks for that. I am not a heavy phone user but I am used to getting 5 hours screen on time and lasting all day so may have to get something different. Shame as it looks great for the price.
[YotaPhone] satsuki_yatoshi:
It must be related to some apk you installed, overnight cost me about 6% to 8%
[YotaPhone] waj1234:
But what is it like in daily use battery wise? I know everyone's usage is different though.
[YotaPhone] mc_gee:
Mine (international version) doesn't get warm at all and I'm at 30-40% battery left at the evening ...but I'm trying to do most of reading on EPD screen.

Overall with current price tag it is totally worth the money (IMO :).
[YotaPhone] consoleman1:
Is there any chance to get marshmallow on the device?
[YotaPhone] mc_gee:
It is not even planned ATM
[YotaPhone] consoleman1:
Ahh I see, thank you!
[YotaPhone] waj1234:
Seems to be luck of the drawer with them as some say one thing and others another. Maybe it's poor quality control when building them etc.

Got a iphone 6s plus at mo but find it too big and actually hate having an expensive phone in my pocket and worry about damaging it all the time. I used to buy chinese phones all the time but got fed up of poor roms. I prefer stock android really.

I would not use the back screen that much really apart from using the always on screen for time and notifications as I am not a reader really.
[YotaPhone] michael.santos:
Hi, I had the same issue (big battery drain) on other chinese smartphones with almost pure Android and it seems to be always related to the gestures feature while the screen is off. Try turning the gestures off in your settings and test, it should improve your battery life...
[Galaxy Tab 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] quijote1:
Hello, I just installed the latest stock rom BOJ1 (4.4.2) and re-rooted it. All is well except I can't install the Xposed framework. I get a red error message that Xposed is not yet compatible with SDK 19 or the x86 architecture. I've tried various versions of the installer without success. Xposed used to work just fine.

Anyone have any suggestions?

Samsung Galaxy S5

Exodus CM12 5.1.1

Boeffla kernel

Apex Launcher
[Nexus 5X Accessories] sasko123:
Hello,

I recently bought a Nexus 5X, and as you know it comes without a USB C to A adapter. So I ordered a cable from a china online store and will test it with CheckR. But if it isn't safe I was wondering if I could make an adapter that would connect the data lines to computer and the 5v line to an external power supply, capable of supplying 5V/10A. Does anyone know if this would work and how safe would it be?

The connections are shown in the schematic on the link(remove the space between goo. and gl)

goo. gl/yaSZZ0

Thanks for any help!
[Nexus 5X Accessories] OhioYJ:
I can't figure out where the danger is here. If you have a charger that outputs 5v @ 1.0 amp, it's going to output that to the phone no matter what right? The phone is essentially the dumb end right, it takes what it can get.

I have cables now that according to Benson do not meet the USB C spec, and cables that do meet the spec. Both brands of cables pass the Checkr app test though.

Both cables say charging slowly on the phone when plugged into a low amp charger or a PC port. The only difference I've noticed is the cable with the 56k pullup resistor still says charging even when hooked to a port that is cable of rapid charging.

So best I can tell nothing can be damaged here, just if you get the "in spec" cable with the 56k resistor, it will always slow charge, even when plugged into a device cable of charging faster?

*edit* Just for clarification, the cable with the 56k resistor will do "charging slowly" and "charging", whereas the cable without will do rapid charging on devices that can output the extra current. So while I say slow charging, it's still capable of charging at a "normal" rate */edit*
[Nexus 5X Accessories] Keithn:
A big part of the issue is that it can try to pull more current from the port than the port can supply, and possibly damage it. Once the port is damaged who knows how it will react or what it will be supplying. Most USB A ports aren't going to supply 3A safely that's where the concern is. On the unsafe thing here is more https://plus.google.com/+BensonLeung/posts/HakwCMmd346

You are essentially creating a powered hub with that, I've done similar to make a powered OTG. You should be able to charge from it if the power supply is correct. Obviously, it's on you to decide if it is correct and worth the possible risk.
[Nexus 5X Accessories] OhioYJ:
So I get voltage is pushed, amperage is pulled. So is the problem only on incorrectly designed power supplies / chargers that dont limit their output current?

So far every port / charger Ive used my 5x has charged correctly on (only drawing what the port can supply). The only catch here is cables that Benson tested in spec (with the 56k pull up resistor) wont support "charging rapidly" on ports that are capable of it.
[Nexus 5X Accessories] Keithn:
One thing to consider is that the USB A chargers were never meant to charge C devices, so it's not that they are all improperly designed, just that they are designed for a different spec. The PU is on the Configuration Control pin and is meant to configure the device to what the source is rated for, 56k will set it to "Default USB Power 500mA for USB2.0, 900mA for USB3.0". The charger lacks the PU to configure the device and the 56k PU in the cord is there to fix that and sets it to default values in order to make it work across all sources/ports. I found some C spec information from here if you want more to look at.

As long as the 5X was getting no more than it's 5v 3A and the source was safely providing the power then I don't see where the issue would be.
[Nexus 5X Accessories] OhioYJ:
I'm more inferring that if there is a fire or melted plug, it was an improperly designed device. Any charger or power supply should be limited to a max safe current anyways, regardless of what the device or cable would like to pull.

Thanks for the link though, I had never really looked into why (how) it was reversible, or what the various resistor were doing. It's actually a pretty interesting read. It really strikes me as they wanted to create a do it all cable, but that just ended up making it really complex for no reason.
[Nexus 5X Accessories] sasko123:
Ok so in the end the CheckR app claims the phone is charging with 3A and that the cable is unsafe but the phone says charging slowly and i tested with an ammeter and it's only about 350mA so the cable is safe. Apparently the CheckR app really can't be trusted.
[Nexus 5X Accessories] roofrider:
Which cable are you using? It is not necessary for the 5X to draw 3A at all times, in fact it wont - even with the stock USB C charger. It depends on the current battery level, the heat, and the charger. And don't go by the 'charging rapidly/slowly' indication, it isn't consistent when the 5X is paired with Type A cables (compliant or not) and chargers. Using Ampere or Current Monitor is better to monitor the draw.
[Nexus 5X Accessories] sasko123:
I'm using this cable: goo. gl/ayfgEk (can't post links yet). I did a test today and the result is: according to my ammeter at 27% battery the phone draws about 250-400mA. At the same time the Ampere app jumps from 190 to 540mA (it even went to over 2000mA but I didn't get a picture of that) so the cable seems safe to me. So am I missing something or the Ampere app really can't be trusted?
[Nexus 5X Accessories] sasko123:
I'm using the cable here goo. gl/ayfgEk (can't post link yet) I think using a physical ammeter would be the best way to monitor the current. I will do some more testing(using both the Ampere app and my ammeter) at different battery levels. Will report back.

Also the site claims it's USB 3.0 but it's actually just 2.0 with blue plastic

[EDIT: sorry for double post looks like i still had a draft saved on the phone and accidentally posted it now]
[Nexus 5X Accessories] roofrider:
I think the app can be trusted, but which charger were you using? Was it connected to a USB port? I would suggest testing it further. Even the Current Monitor app can validate compliant USB C->A cables, so you could give that a shot as well.

-edit-

But how are you using the ammeter to check the draw here?

-edit2-

You said you saw it shoot over 2A. That shouldn't be happening when connected to a USB port. It shouldn't exceed 500mA.

-edit3-

Interesting.